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my fine art queue ran out, so posts might not be as regular until i get off my ass and restock it

#not that 'weekly' is really that regular but like #i am still around and consider this blog active #bc i am perpetually interested in gender stuff #and love achilles #even if a couple weeks go by before i do something about content #yeah

Achilles With the Daughters of Lycomedes Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, c. 1633-78

#fine art #this pose tho #achilles just loungin

miraculan-draws

uhh….more bronze age dress up but this time it is for @achilles-on-skyros

IN THIS HOUSE we do not brutalize/victimize/demonize deidamia. they all have two hands.

#AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!#🥺🥺🥺😭#ickyyyyyy ty ty tyyyyyy #you have blessed me this day #omg i just wanna keysmash but it always looks wrong on mobile lol #reblog #achilles #patroclus #deidamia

Odysseus Recognises Achilles Amongst the Daughters of Lycomedes Louis Gauffier, 1791

#achilles #fine art #obviously i LOVE THIS ONE #since its the blog theme #its also my desktop background

Achilles Discovered Among the Daughters of Lycomedes Jean Lemaire, c. 1640-1645

#fine art #their EXPRESSIONS in this one

panels from Eric Shanower’s Age of Bronze

have i posted enough fine art of achilles holding swords that someone other than me sees a subtle humor in achilles just being drawn to this spear or

#achilles #deidamia #age of bronze comic

achilles getting little to no sleep the first week he's on skyros bc he has to sleep alone again. achilles feeling so out of it that he FORGETS going to bed doesn't mean catching up with patroclus after a long day apart. achilles trying not to cry at night from the ache of suddenly feeling so alone. achilles absolutely failing that last part.

but also, achilles making a show of going back to his own room after patroclus shows up, but immediately sneaking out again to find pat. they talk all night but the next night, is the deepest sleep either has had for months.

#i found this in my drafts when scheduling other stuff so just #take it #musings #patrochilles #the song of achilles

miraculan-draws

Finished commission for my buddy @simplybolkonsky !! I got to play Bronze Age dress up!!

simplybolkonsky

deidameia catching her father up like

#reblog #please look at this it's Very Important #i will love it forever #!!!!#deidamia #achilles #patroclus #if you havent been able to create the content you want to see #commission someone else to do it for you #it will ALWAYS be worth it

Achilles at the Court of Lycomedes Pompeo Batoni, 1745

#fine art

parttimepsychopomp

“Mr. Mattocks as Achilles. Was Hector here, the fate of Troy should this instant be decided. Act 3.d”

Found this in a local thrift shop <3 There are so many things going on in this little print i cant

achilles-on-skyros

ohhhh this has big “revealed on skyros” vibes and i can’t help but wonder if it’s ephemera from an opera

parttimepsychopomp

@achilles-on-skyros You’re so right!! (sadly) been a while since I read anything Achilles related so hadn’t connected the two yet - but rly felt there was something to it. Will have a look at the back/see if I can find any other clues on its pot. opera related origins. Would love love to hear what your take is on the Skyros stories as well!

achilles-on-skyros

i’d love to one day find a transcript or some form of archiving for any of the operas so i could get a peek at how people in the past handled this story! (was there gender commentary? sexist jokes? was it gay? i hope it was gay) i know i have this whole blog but i still feel that i don’t know a lot about this part of the myth besides the basics and modern retellings like in Madeline Miller’s Song of Achilles or Eric Shanower’s Age of Bronze. i just love the concept that achilles was so beautiful that he was able to dodge the war for a while by living as a girl!

parttimepsychopomp

So I have been unable to find out more about the origins of my print apart from the date at the bottom (1779) , BUT, I did a little googling and found this transcript from John Gay’s ‘Achilles in Petticoats’ opera from 1733. Maybe you’ve seen it already but in case not here it is!

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9I35MAAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

yet to read the song of achilles but its on my wishlist 4 sure

Really fascinated by the complexities of this story, with the ways it has or hasn’t been handled only adding to that complexity.( and I too hope the operas were gay).

ps. also came across this podcast episode (yet to listen to it) https://trojanwarpodcast.com/episode-8-finding-achilles/

parttimepsychopomp

oo and also this recent re-staging of a Spanish AoS opera, would be so cool to find a recording of it https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-dallas-morning-news/20180213/282711932493360

achilles-on-skyros

oh my goodness, thank you so much for sharing!!! i have been slacking on my research lately so i haven't seen any of these yet!

#reblog #NOTE TO SELF #aaaaaaaaa!!#THANK YOU AGAIN #i have been playing animal crossing in my free time again instead of #idk more academic things i could be doing #will def look into these in future!!!

Achilles Recognized at the Court of Lycomedes Leclerc Sebastien the Younger, c. 1713

#achilles #fine art

parttimepsychopomp

“Mr. Mattocks as Achilles. Was Hector here, the fate of Troy should this instant be decided. Act 3.d”

Found this in a local thrift shop <3 There are so many things going on in this little print i cant

achilles-on-skyros

ohhhh this has big “revealed on skyros” vibes and i can’t help but wonder if it’s ephemera from an opera

parttimepsychopomp

@achilles-on-skyros You’re so right!! (sadly) been a while since I read anything Achilles related so hadn’t connected the two yet - but rly felt there was something to it. Will have a look at the back/see if I can find any other clues on its pot. opera related origins. Would love love to hear what your take is on the Skyros stories as well!

achilles-on-skyros

i'd love to one day find a transcript or some form of archiving for any of the operas so i could get a peek at how people in the past handled this story! (was there gender commentary? sexist jokes? was it gay? i hope it was gay) i know i have this whole blog but i still feel that i don't know a lot about this part of the myth besides the basics and modern retellings like in Madeline Miller's Song of Achilles or Eric Shanower's Age of Bronze. i just love the concept that achilles was so beautiful that he was able to dodge the war for a while by living as a girl!

#reply

Discovery of Achilles on Skyros Nicolas Poussin, c. 1650

#achilles #fine art

parttimepsychopomp

“Mr. Mattocks as Achilles. Was Hector here, the fate of Troy should this instant be decided. Act 3.d”

Found this in a local thrift shop <3 There are so many things going on in this little print i cant

achilles-on-skyros

ohhhh this has big "revealed on skyros" vibes and i can't help but wonder if it's ephemera from an opera

#reblog #op i am jealous of this find #i am absolutely guessing on its origins but it matches some of the #fine art #that i am obsessed with

Achilles Discovered Among the Daughters of Lycomedes Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1680-1685

#achilles #fine art #look at this little drama queen #i love him

thoodleoo

odysseus showing up at scyros to retrieve achilles for the trojan war: your bf looks gnc af

patroclus: YOURE INSANE

achilles-on-skyros

i think about it every day,

#ok maybe not EVEY day but like #close enough #anyway #love this meme #reblog

Odysseus Discovers Achilles Among the Daughters of Lycomedes Anthony van Dyck & Peter Paul Rubens, 1617-1618

#achilles #fine art

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